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CVE-2024-57258 Cert Portal CVE debrief

CVE-2024-57258 is a high-severity integer-overflow flaw in Das U-Boot that Siemens republished for multiple RUGGEDCOM ROX models. According to the CISA CSAF advisory, a crafted squashfs filesystem can trigger faulty memory allocation paths in U-Boot before 2025.01-rc1, including sbrk/request2size handling and a ptrdiff_t issue on x86_64. Siemens' published remediation is to update the affected products to V2.17.1 or later.

Vendor
Cert Portal
Product
Siemens RUGGEDCOM ROX MX5000 vers:intdot/<2.17.1 RUGGEDCOM ROX MX5000RE RUGGEDCOM ROX RX1400 RUGGEDCOM ROX RX1500 RUGGEDCOM ROX RX1501 RUGGEDCOM ROX RX1510 RUGGEDCOM ROX RX1511 RUGGEDCOM ROX RX1512 RUGGEDCOM ROX RX1524 RUGGEDCOM ROX RX1536 RUGGEDCOM ROX RX5000
CVSS
HIGH 7.1
CISA KEV
Not listed in stored evidence
Original CVE published
2026-05-12
Original CVE updated
2026-05-14
Advisory published
2026-05-12
Advisory updated
2026-05-14

Who should care

Industrial network operators, OT/ICS administrators, and Siemens RUGGEDCOM ROX maintainers should prioritize this if they manage the listed ROX gateways or appliances, especially where firmware updates are infrequent and physical access to equipment is realistic. Security teams responsible for bootloader/firmware patching and field-service procedures should also review exposure.

Technical summary

The advisory describes integer overflows in U-Boot memory allocation code before 2025.01-rc1. A crafted squashfs filesystem can exercise vulnerable allocation logic (sbrk, request2size, and ptrdiff_t handling on x86_64), potentially affecting integrity, availability, and confidentiality when the boot process or related image handling is reached. The supplied CSAF data maps the issue to Siemens RUGGEDCOM ROX MX5000, MX5000RE, RX1400, RX1500, RX1501, RX1510, RX1511, RX1512, RX1524, RX1536, and RX5000, with Siemens recommending V2.17.1 or later.

Defensive priority

High for environments that use the listed Siemens RUGGEDCOM ROX devices, but operationally focused: the CVSS vector indicates physical access is required (AV:P) and exploitation is complex (AC:H). Even so, OT deployments often have long patch cycles, so firmware verification and maintenance planning should be treated as near-term work.

Recommended defensive actions

  • Confirm whether any listed RUGGEDCOM ROX devices are in use and identify their installed firmware version.
  • Upgrade affected products to Siemens V2.17.1 or later per the advisory.
  • Plan updates through maintenance windows and verify bootloader/firmware integrity after patching.
  • Restrict physical access to affected equipment and review field-service procedures, because the supplied CVSS vector requires physical access.
  • Track any vendor follow-up advisories or firmware bundles tied to SSA-577017 / ICSA-26-134-16.

Evidence notes

Primary evidence comes from the supplied CISA CSAF advisory ICSA-26-134-16, which republishes Siemens ProductCERT SSA-577017 for CVE-2024-57258. The advisory was published on 2026-05-12 and modified on 2026-05-14; those dates are used only as disclosure context. The supplied enrichment indicates no KEV listing and no known ransomware campaign use. The prompt's vendor metadata is marked low confidence/needs review, so the Siemens advisory and product list in the source corpus are treated as authoritative.

Official resources

CVE-2024-57258 was published in the supplied source corpus on 2026-05-12 and modified on 2026-05-14. CISA later republished Siemens ProductCERT advisory SSA-577017 as ICSA-26-134-16.